Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 699 Utopia's Hatred
Just as Yang Mingzhi was heading to Daningwei, Beiyuan Town also began to take action.

After Zhou Lan was promoted to Left Commander-in-Chief of the Central Military Commission, Song Dashan was naturally promoted to Commander-in-Chief of Beiyuan Town, while Yang Chengze was promoted to Deputy Commander-in-Chief.

At this time, Beiyuan Town could be described as having a large number of soldiers and generals.

Although Zhou Lan took away the town's garrison, Beiyuan Town has reorganized the garrison in the past two years and, with Yang Chengye's support, has been expanding its army on a large scale.

Today, Beiyuan Town has eight town-level battalions and eight reinforcement battalions, totaling approximately 100,000 troops.

Although half of these soldiers were recruited in the last year or two and cannot be considered elite troops, they have completed basic and combat training and are now qualified soldiers.

In Beiyuan Town, there are many powerful generals, such as Song Dashan, Yang Chengze, Yang Mingzhen, and Yang Chengxu. These four are all innate martial artists and can all be said to be disciples taught by Yang Zhengshan.

Song Dashan used to be a simpleton, and he is still a simpleton now, but over the years, he has made a lot of progress.

In terms of strategy, Song Dashan was certainly not good, but in terms of following the rules, Song Dashan was definitely an excellent general.

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Song Dashan is the kind of rigid person who doesn't know how to be flexible. He does things in a very conventional way, and he will do whatever you ask him to do conscientiously.

Therefore, when Song Dashan was under Yang Zhengshan's command, Yang Zhengshan liked to send him to train soldiers.

The soldiers he trained were highly disciplined, and their military discipline was extremely strict.

Although Song Dashan lacked pioneering ability as a general, he was more than capable of maintaining the status quo.

Song Dashan also has another great advantage: he listens to advice and is willing to listen to other people's opinions.

Of course, this does not mean that he lacks his own opinions; on the contrary, Song Dashan has a strong sense of decisiveness.

He will do his best to implement any opinion that he can agree with.

Song Dashan's humble and resolute character perfectly compensated for his lack of adaptability.

Song Dashan lacked strategic acumen, but he had many officials and generals under his command who were exceptionally intelligent, such as Yang Chengze, Yang Mingzhen, and Yang Chengxu.

In recent years, Zhou Lan has no longer been in Beiyuan Town, but Song Dashan has also managed Beiyuan Town very well.

At this moment, Song Dashan summoned his generals to the general's mansion to discuss the next battle plan.

In fact, they had already discussed this many times before, but as the departure date approached, they still needed to check for any omissions or deficiencies.

In the main hall, Song Dashan, with his imposing figure, sat at the head of the main seat. Below him were Yang Chengze, Yang Mingzhen, Yang Chengxu, Lin Qinghe, Wu Yusheng, and other generals from Beiyuan Town.

Yang Chengze and the other two need no introduction. Lin Qinghe and Wu Yusheng are military officers in Beiyuan Town. They are generals trained by Zhou Lan and Song Dashan.

Although Lin Qinghe is only forty years old, his cultivation has already reached the eighth level of the Acquired Realm, which is more than enough for him to be a military officer. The key is that he is resourceful and wise, which is why he is valued by Zhou Lan.

Zhou Lan hadn't kept him by her side before because she wanted him to be Song Dashan's assistant.

Wu Yusheng was no less impressive. He was even younger, only thirty-six years old this year, but his cultivation had reached the eighth level of the Acquired Realm. He was considered a young general who had grown up in Beiyuan Town in recent years.

"This time we can mobilize about 60,000 troops, including 20,000 garrison troops and 40,000 reinforcement troops. Our target is Bayandele Black City of the Kereit tribe, but before attacking Bayandele Black City, we must first deal with the Wanggu tribe!" Lin Qinghe said.

Their battle plan had already been finalized. Their goals were not as ambitious as Yang Mingzhi's. Yang Mingzhi wanted Yemi City, while they only wanted Bayandele Black City.

Their goal was not to destroy the Uriyang royal court, but to relieve Zhou Lan's predicament in Longbei Town.

At this time, the Uriyang royal court had already mobilized 180,000 troops to the north of Longbei Town, and the Uriyang royal court was still mobilizing troops and increasing the forces threatening Longbei Town.

Song Dashan stroked his goat horn beard, lost in thought. After a long while, he looked at Yang Chengze and asked, "Is Second Master in Chongshan Town?"

Yang Chengze shook his head slightly, "I don't know. The higher-ups only said that Second Master would go to Chongshan Town to help, but it's unclear whether he has arrived there yet!"

"Given Second Master's personality, what do you think he would do?" Song Dashan asked.

Yang Chengze, Yang Mingzhen, and Yang Chengxu looked at each other, and finally all revealed a strange expression.

Lin Qinghe, Wu Yusheng, and the others looked completely bewildered; they didn't even know who the Second Master was.

Yang Mingzhen considered for a moment before speaking, "I think we don't need to pay attention to Second Master's ideas, we just need to act according to our plan!"

He said this not because he didn't value Yang Mingzhi, but simply because he understood Yang Mingzhi's character.

Yang Mingzhi has always been a restless person, and he has always acted in a somewhat unconventional and unruly manner.

Yang Zhengshan even reprimanded him for this.

If you ask them to guess Yang Mingzhi's thoughts, they really can't guess.

Although Zhou Lan was in charge of the campaign against the Uriyang Kingdom, the Chongshan and Beiyuan towns actually had a great deal of autonomy, and Zhou Lan also mentioned in his orders that they should act according to circumstances.

This means that, apart from the initial objective, all subsequent battles will be decided by Chongshan Town and Beiyuan Town themselves.

This was unavoidable, as Chongshan Town, Beiyuan Town, and Longbei Town were too far apart, especially the distance between Chongshan Town and Longbei Town, which was a full three thousand miles.

Given the distance, Zhou Lan naturally couldn't command Chongshan Town at all times.

“That’s right, let’s stick to the plan we set out before. As for Chongshan Town, let Second Master do whatever he wants!” Yang Chengze said.

Lin Qinghe and Wu Yusheng exchanged a glance and couldn't help but ask, "Who is Second Master? General Han?"

They naturally knew that the current commander-in-chief of Chongshan Town was Han Fei, but they also knew that Han Fei was the eldest son in his family, so he shouldn't be the second son.

Yang Chengze laughed and said, "No, you'll find out later!"

Seeing that they were unwilling to explain, Lin Qinghe stopped asking questions.

He also understood that it was best not to pry into certain things, as knowing too much wasn't always a good thing.

Song Dashan thought for a moment and said, "Alright then, let's stick to our own plan and ignore them!"

He always handled things in a very proper and orderly manner, while Yang Mingzhi was the complete opposite, preferring to be flexible and adaptable. It was really too difficult for him to predict Yang Mingzhi's thoughts.

"Let's attack the Wanggu tribe first!" Song Dashan declared decisively.

The Uriyang royal court comprised nine large tribes, the strongest of which was naturally the Uriyang tribe, known as the royal family. The next strongest were the Chila tribe, the Kereit tribe, the Huiba tribe, the Wanggu tribe, the Tatar tribe, and the Alaman tribe.

The weakest were Cui Liang's Liangwang tribe and the Ula clan. However, this was the previous ranking. The Liangwang tribe's strength should have increased significantly now. Don't forget that Cui Liang also cultivates the Spirit Continuation and Blood Refining Technique. If he were to widely teach the Spirit Continuation and Blood Refining Technique to his subordinates, the Liangwang tribe's strength should have increased rapidly in the past few years.

It is most convenient for Beiyuan Town to attack the Wanggu tribe, because the Wanggu tribe is located to the north of Beiyuan Town, and the closest Wanggu tribe to the border of Beiyuan Town is less than 500 li away.

At Song Dashan's command, 60,000 soldiers and 50,000 laborers from Beiyuan Town set off towards Wanggu's territory.

At the same time, Uto, who was in the Wuliang army camp, also received news of unusual activity in Chongshan Town and Beiyuan Town.

Now in his sixties, Uto's gray hair adds to his aged appearance, but his imposing presence is even greater than before.

If you count the time, Uto has been the King of Uriyang for more than 20 years. Although for more than 15 of those years he was only the nominal King of Uriyang, it is undeniable that he was a qualified king.

From leading hundreds of thousands of troops south with great fanfare to hastily retreating to Yemi City, a defeat that felt like a catastrophe did not completely defeat him.

He stabilized the tribesmen within the Uriyang tribe. Although he faced various tribes that were becoming increasingly disaffected, he still managed to rebuild the Uriyang royal court through his own methods and abilities.

Now he needs a major victory to rebuild his prestige and solidify his royal court.

He desperately needed a major victory, so he chose to ally with Chen Hengchang.

In fact, he was not clear about Chen Hengchang's situation in Jiangnan. He only knew that Da Rong had been destroyed, and now the Yang family had established a new dynasty on the corpse of Da Rong.

The Yang family!

Yes, this is his enemy!

Uto hated Yang Zhengshan to the core.

If Yang Zhengshan hadn't destroyed Yemi City, why would he have spent over ten years painstakingly rebuilding the Uriyang Kingdom?

Thinking of Yang Zhengshan, he recalled the scene he saw when he returned to Yemi City.

Yang Zhengshan is really ruthless!

Not only did he kill his wife and children, but he also took away all the wealth accumulated by his ancestors, and even burned down his royal city.

Thinking of the rising flames, a sense of fear arose in Uto's heart.

He then recalled the great fire in the Guanshan Pass Valley.

Victory and defeat are common occurrences in war. In fact, when he was defeated by Yang Zhengshan in Guanshan Pass Valley, he did not hate Yang Zhengshan too much. At most, he just wanted to defeat Yang Zhengshan and wash away the shame that Yang Zhengshan had given him.

But Yang Zhengshan set a huge fire in Yemi City, which made him want to tear Yang Zhengshan to pieces.

"Yang Zhengshan didn't come?"

In the spacious tent, Uto looked at Cui Liang with a gloomy expression.

Cui Liang shook his head, "Probably not!"

Uto snorted coldly, but didn't say anything more.

Although he now wished he could kill Yang Zhengshan, he also understood that Yang Zhengshan's status was different now.

It's almost impossible for him to fight Yang Zhengshan again unless he can fight his way to Kyoto.

Uto looked at Tangwuxi and asked, "How are your preparations going?"

Tang Wuxi is also old. He is older than Uto, now nearly eighty years old, but he is now a Xiantian martial artist, so he looks about the same age as Uto.

"Hehe, don't worry, I've arranged everything. I'm just waiting for the army from Chongshan Town to come to our door!"

As the saying goes, "a fall into a pit, a gain in your wit," they suffered a great loss at the hands of Chongshan Town twenty years ago, so they will naturally be wary of Chongshan Town now.

Actually, Han Fei got one thing wrong. This time, the Ula clan did not flee. It was not a flight, but a strategic retreat. They retreated to the northern part of the Menghe Mountains to prevent Chongshan Town from bypassing the Menghe Mountains from the north and entering the heart of the Wuliang royal court.

In addition, Tangwuxi set up checkpoints and fortresses on the path that leads through the Menghe Mountains to prevent Chongshan Town from crossing the Menghe Mountains again via that path.

Meanwhile, the Chici tribe and the Tatar tribe have also made preparations to support each other.

They had been planning and preparing for this great battle for a long time.

They began planning three years ago, when Da Rong was in its most chaotic period. However, they did not expect that Chongshan Town would sweep away the situation in northern Da Rong so quickly. Therefore, they had to postpone the attack and continue to improve their attack plan. They also formed an alliance with Chen Hengchang through Cui Liang's introduction.

Now they are fully prepared and just waiting for Chen Hengchang's actions.

Although the Da'an New Dynasty's initiative to provoke a battle has somewhat disrupted their plans, they are not afraid of the Da'an New Dynasty taking the initiative to attack. In fact, they even expect the Da'an New Dynasty to take the initiative to attack.

Because they now know the current situation of the Da'an New Dynasty—insufficient troops and tight finances—they see this as the best opportunity for them to wage war against the Da'an New Dynasty.

Uto nodded in satisfaction. "That's good. As long as we can hold off Chongshan Town, we can launch an attack on Longbei Town without any worries!"

"After taking Longbei Town, we will head south, then take Longxi Town, and then seize Suzhou Town and Tingzhou Town!"

Perhaps having been frightened by Chongshan Town, this time Wutuo no longer wanted to occupy Beiyuan Town, but instead wanted to occupy Longxi, Longbei, Suzhou and Tingzhou.

He never intended to fight the Da'an New Dynasty to the death. He simply wanted to take a piece of the pie from the Da'an New Dynasty, enhance his prestige among the Wuliang Hu tribes, and consolidate his rule over various tribes.

"We can't wait any longer. We must launch an attack as soon as possible, and at the same time, we must also take control of Chen Hengchang's side and launch an attack ahead of schedule." Tang Wuxi glanced at Cui Liang and said in a deep voice.

Uto nodded. Since the Da'an New Dynasty had taken the initiative, they couldn't just stay here idly; they should also take the initiative.

Whether Chen Hengchang is willing to cooperate or not is not a big problem.

Chen Hengchang's existence was a check on the Da'an New Dynasty. Regardless of whether Chen Hengchang attacked at the same time as them, he could help them contain the Da'an New Dynasty's forces.

"Cui Liang!"

Uto looked at Cui Liang, who quickly said, "Your Majesty, rest assured, I will immediately send someone to Jiangnan to ask Chen Hengchang to start a war with the Da'an New Dynasty as soon as possible!"

Uto nodded in satisfaction. "Very good!"

He was very satisfied with Cui Liang's performance. Cui Liang had always listened to him and was his most trusted minister.

He just didn't know that Cui Liang's obedience to him was just a cover-up; only Cui Liang himself knew whether he was truly obedient.

(End of this chapter)